comerciable

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Italic *merks

Latin merx

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -iusnom.

Latin -ium

Latin commercium

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -or

Late Latin commerciārīlbor.

Spanish comerciar

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin -ābilis

Old Spanish -abile

Spanish -able

Spanish comerciable

From comerciar + -able.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /komeɾˈθjable/ [ko.meɾˈθja.β̞le] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /komeɾˈsjable/ [ko.meɾˈsja.β̞le] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -able
• Syllabification: co‧mer‧cia‧ble

Adjective

comerciable m or f (masculine and feminine plural comerciables)

1. merchantable, marketable
2. sociable

Related terms

• comercial
• comerciante
• comercio

Further reading

• “comerciable”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026